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J. ZIV & N. DAVIS. SGRU'BBING BRUSH.

N0. 438,218. Patented Oct. 14, 1890.

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UNITED STATES ATENT OFFICE.

JONAS ZIV AND NATHAN DAVIS, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNORS, BY MESNEASSIGNMENTS, TO SAID DAVIS.

SCRUBBING-BRUSH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 438,218, dated October14, 1890. Application iiled April 19, 1889. Renewed May 1'7, 1890.Serial No. 352,148. (No model.)

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Be it known that we, JoNAs ZIV and NA- THAN DAVIS, citizens of theUnited States of America, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook andState of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inScrubbing-Brushes, of which the following is aspecitication, referencebeing had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This our invention relates to brushes for scrubbing floors, and it hasfor its object to provide such a brush with a hollow handle forming awater-reservoir, and with a valve for allowing water from this reservoirto escape through perforations in said brush upon the door in suchquantities as may be desirable, said valve being opened by depressing asmall arm applied to the end of the brushhandle; and with these objectsin View our invention consists of the novel devices and combinations ofdevices hereinafterdescribed, and speciiically claimed.-

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l represents a perspective view ofthe scrubbing-brush complete; Fig. 2, a longitudinal vertical section ofthe same; and Fig. 3, a section of the brush on line 3 3 in Fig. 2. Fig.4 is a section of the upper end of the handle, on Va larger scale; andFig. 5, a plan View of the lower coupling detached.

Corresponding letters in the several figures of the drawings designatelike parts.

A denotes the brush made in the usual manner with an angular socket ctfor securing' the handle, which socket a, communicates with a series ofperforations b, provided between the tufts of bristles c. At its forwardend the body of the brush A is grooved and has inserted a bar of rubberB, projecting sufficiently that with reversing the brush it can be usedas a squillgee.

The handle is made of tubes D, E, and F, longitudinally connected bycouplings d d. The tube E being considerably larger in diameter thantubes D and F, it serves for a reservoir. The lower tube F, by means ofa ange e, is secured to the body of the brush A, with its end insertedinto the socket ofthe same. At or near its top end'the tube D isprovided with a nozzle f, through which to 5ov fill the handle withwater, which nozzle is closed by a screw-cap g.

The rod h extends through handle D E F the entire length thereof, and isprojected through an eyed cross-bar t', forming part of 55 coupling d',to be guided therein, and has a valve 7' to its lower end, which willfind its seat against a bushing-ring in the end of part F of the handle,being held down upon its seat by a spiral spring m. The top end of 6othe rod h projects through a cap n, screwed upon the top end of tube D,and is pivotally secured in the socket of another cap P by a pin o,which cap P has an arm p, that with pressing toward the tube D the valvej will be lifted, allowing Water from the reservoir E to escape throughthe brush, and that with releasing arm p the spring m will push valve jupon its seat again.

While scrubbing with this brush the oper- 7o ator can wet the iioor to adegree he may desire, the water-reservoir, when filled, serving as aweight to hold the brush down to its work, whereby the work of scrubbingiioors is considerably facilitated and accelerated.

The combination of a scrubbing-brush A, provided with an angular socketa., communicatingwith perforations b, provided between the tufts ofbristles c, of a tubular handle 8o made of sections D, E, and F, andsecured in socket (t to serve as a water-reservoir,a valve j, held toits seat by a spring m, a rod h, connected with the valve and extendingthrough the top of the handle, Where it is pivotally se-l cured to anoperating-lever P, all substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of twowitnesses.

JONAS ZIV.

. NATHAN DAVIS.

Vitnesses: WILLIAM H. LoTz, Orto LUBKERS.

